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Canada at the 1948 Winter Olympics


Canada at the 1948 Winter Olympics


Canada competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.

Medalists

Of the 28 athletes participating only 8 did not receive any medals. While the men's hockey medal is counted as one, each of the 17 players received individual medals. The pairs figure skating counted as a single medal.

Alpine skiing

Men

Men's combined

The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).

Women

Cross-country skiing

Men

Figure skating

Men
Women
Pairs

Ice hockey

The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.

* United States team was disqualified. Only eight teams are officially ranked.

  • Canada 3-1 Sweden
  • Canada 3-0 United Kingdom
  • Canada 15-0 Poland
  • Canada 21-1 Italy
  • Canada 12-3 USA
  • Canada 0-0 Czechoslovakia
  • Canada 12-0 Austria
  • Canada 3-0 Switzerland

Top scorer

Nordic combined

Events:

  • 18 km cross-country skiing
  • normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below. Athletes would perform three jumps, of which the two best jumps (distance and form) were counted.

Ski jumping

Speed skating

Men

References


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